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In this week's episode, I explore the evolving relationship between creators and Hollywood. I look at several examples of creator-led projects and explore the career trajectories of certain creators who "made it" in Hollywood and others that didn't.

Timestamps:

4:23 The ambitions of early creators

5:01 Shane Dawson’s career: Using YouTube as a stepping stone to Hollywood

10:18 The era of the YouTube show10:57 AwesomenessTV

13:48 YouTube Originals14:52 The pendulum swings: Creators as show producers themselves

15:30 Escape the Night

16:56 Escape the Night controversy: Gabbie Hanna

19:39 The Reality House

20:43 Why Hollywood still overlooks the creator economy

21:32 MrBeast

24:28 Emma Chamberlain vs MrBeast

26:17 Beast Games controversy & why Hollywood is still hesitant to work with creators

The biggest stories on the internet from November 7th, 2024. Timestamps: 1:19 Dave Portnoy and Josh Richards' Zach Bryan diss track revelations 5:18 Jason Kelce addresses phone-throwing incident in defence of Taylor Swift and brother Travis Kelce 7:31 Gracie Abrams TikTok trend

The biggest stories on the internet from November 6th, 2024.

Timestamps:

1:22 Casey Neistat shares why he won't release David Dobrik documentary

6:24 Dave Portnoy and Josh Richards are releasing a diss track on Zach Bryan called The Smallest Man

7:36 Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo address Kardashian private screening of Wicked

10:55 Netflix is removing most of its interactive titles

Edit: Visionary Empress left Rebuilding Atlantis last week!

The biggest stories on the internet from November 5th, 2024.

Timestamps:

00:29 Taylor Swift Style book drama

4:20 Rebuilding Atlantis documents the formation of a cult on TikTok (or so some people think)

9:26 Rosanna Pansino faces backlash from Logan Paul and Keemstar

The biggest stories on the internet from November 4th, 2024.

Timestamps:

00:52 Lindsey Shaw goes viral for complaining about Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide not getting rebooted like Spiderman

4:58 Grace O’Malley addresses Brianna Chickenfry friendship & birthday drama 

6:27 MrBeast has fired as many as 10 employees as the internal investigation into his company concludes